NET 4000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9.1.8: Uptime
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View an interactive listing of running processes. top: Displays a list of running processes in real-time. Returns process id (pid), uptime, load, cpu status, memory, and priority information for processes. Is useful in situations where you need to continuously monitor processes. When using top, press: h to display the help screen. f to add or remove columns from the chart. F to show a list of sortable columns, then press the key of the letter next to the column to be sorted. u to specify processes for a specific user. You can use the -u option with top to display only those processes owned by a particular user. Displays a snapshot of currently running processes in ascending order based on the pid. By default, the ps command displays the following information: Name of the shell session where the process is running (tty) The command used to invoke the process (cmd)
